Obama Condemns Torture, Then Props Up Cuban Regime Infamous for Torture
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Rush Limbaugh.com ^
| December 18, 2014 | Rush Limbaugh
RUSH: I checked the e-mail during the break. Somebody
said, "I don't understand what you mean that liberalism's a gutless choice. You need to explain that." I'll give you a story here in just a second. I'll explain, after the break coming up at the bottom of the hour. It's about my first trip to Hollywood and being pitched on the possibility of hosting my own TV show. It's a fascinating story. I've told it before, but it's so long ago, you've probably forgotten it. If you have not forgotten, if you remember, you'll find it fascinating anyway. It makes...
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The Torture Taboo: Being against torture is honorable, but sometimes the real world gets a veto
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National Review ^
| 12/12/2014 | Jonah Goldberg
For a long time I resisted the word “torture” when discussing the “enhanced interrogation techniques” used against high-value captives in the War on Terror. I don’t think I can do that anymore. The
report put out by Dianne Feinstein and her fellow Democrats may be partisan, one-sided, tendentious, and “full of crap,” as Dick Cheney put it the other night on Special Report with Bret Baier. But even the selective use and misuse of facts doesn’t change their status as facts. What some of these detainees went through pretty obviously amounted to torture. You can call it “psychological torture” or...
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On Torture
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Townhall.com ^
| May 19, 2018 | John C. Goodman
Is torture always morally wrong? Is
it sometimes justified?These are questions swirling around the nomination of Gina Haspel to head the CIA. Critics (mainly Senate Democrats) claim that torture is always wrong, even though some of those senators were aware of waterboarding and other “enhanced interrogation” for years and never once complained about it. In her defense, Karl Rove told Fox News viewers that whatever we do is legitimate if it’s for the defense of the United States.As I explain below, both sides are wrong. But first things first.Zero Dark Thirty. This is Hollywood’s version of Haspel’s backstory. She apparently supervised...
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Thinking About Torture
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Townhall.com ^
| December 12, 2014 | Paul Greenberg
For a long time I resisted the word "torture" when discussing the "enhanced interrogation techniques" used against high-value captives in the war on terror. I
don't think I can do that anymore. The report put out by Diane Feinstein and her fellow Democrats may be partisan, one-sided, tendentious and "full of crap," as Dick Cheney put it the other night on "Special Report with Bret Baier." But even the selective use and misuse of facts doesn't change their status as facts. What some of these detainees went through pretty obviously amounted to torture. You can call it "psychological torture" or...
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Yes, torture can be justified. Here’s why
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The Spectator ^
| 12/10/2014 | Bruce Anderson
<p>Torture is repulsive. Even on the scaffold or in front of a firing squad, a man can meet death with dignity. The
torturer sets out to strip his victim of dignity, to break him, to violate not only his body but also his soul. In England, torture was outlawed in 1660, and for most of the past 350 years, that seemed to be a final verdict. Torture had been a barbarous relic of the dark ages. Anyone who suggested that it might still have a role would have been laughed to scorn; no doubt he would also have been in favour of burning witches.</p>
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SCCY CPX-2 9mm Torture Test
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Am Shooting Journal ^
| 9/28/2018 | E Pederson
Here's a torture test conducted by Youtuber Eric of IraQVeteran8888. He takes an informal approach on this SCCY CPX-2 9mm pistol and runs it through his series of torture test. those not familiar with the CPX-2 pistol is a double-action with 9-pound trigger pull. The
grip and frame is made from Zytel polymer with ergonomic finger grooves and an integral "Re-Coil Cushion" on the back-strap. Here are some of the things that was done to this pistol: Dropped in the water/mudPlaced in more mud & shot it underwaterDropped the gun from the roof of house – approx 2nd floorRun it...
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UN lacking the proof to cry ‘torture’
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The Australian ^
| 11th March 2015 | Paige Taylor and Chris Merritt
THE UN’s conclusion that Australia exposes asylum-seekers to torture or inhumane treatment was reached after accepting the claims of activists without hearings or independent investigation of the facts, and was based on the lack of detailed rebuttal from the government. The
report of the “special rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment” is based on the submissions of lobby groups such as the Australian Human Rights Law Centre and concludes: “In the absence of information to the contrary, the rapporteur concludes that there is substance in the allegations presented.” ..... When the new report emerged...
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Did the Torture Report Give the C.I.A. a Bum Rap?
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New York Times ^
| February 20, 2015 | By DAVID COLE
WASHINGTON — IN December, when the Senate Intelligence Committee issued its long-awaited report on the C.I.A.’s detention and interrogation program, it seemed to confirm what I and many human-rights advocates had argued for a decade: The C.I.A. had started and run a fundamentally abusive and counterproductive torture program. What’s
more, the report found that the C.I.A. had lied repeatedly about the program’s efficacy, and that it had neither disrupted terror plots nor saved lives. The report continues to reverberate. Human-rights groups are calling for a special prosecutor to investigate Bush-era officials who authorized torture. The first C.I.A. officer to publicly...
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Should Caesar torture Jesus?
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Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission ^
| 12/22/2014 | Joe Carter
In a recent article (7 Things Christians Should Know About Torture), I wrote that the recent Senate Report on the C.I.A.’s interrogation techniques should be the beginning, rather than the end, of the discussion on the morality and legality of torture. Since
then I’ve been encouraged by the attempts to examine the issue (though I’ve been mostly disheartened by the outcomes supported). For example, in a recent article in The Federalist, D.C. McAllister argues that “Yes, Christians Can Support Torture.†One of her primary claims is that, If government officials have a known terrorist in custody, and it is certain...
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Jeb Bush to Hannity: Torture Is Not ‘Necessary’
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Mediaite ^
| 6/16/15 | Matt Wilstein
In a decisive break from his brother’s administration, Jeb Bush told Sean Hannity Tuesday night that he does not believe “enhanced interrogation” techniques, otherwise known as torture, is not “necessary” in the fight against terrorists around the world. “I
don’t think that’s necessary,” Bush said. “Because I don’t think we need it, it’s not the law.”
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Comrades Get to Torture Ransom
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Townhall.com ^
| December 26, 2014 | John Ransom
I have selfish reasons to do the Ice Bucket Challenge this year.To get the basement dwellers up to speed: The Ice Bucket Challenge is where a person has an ice bucket with water dumped over his head to benefit the ALS Association. In my case, I will make a donation over $100
to ALSA, and ask others I challenge to make any donation whatever or get the bucket dumped oj them… or better yet, take the bucket, make a donation and challenge others to do the same.I also give a chance to comrades to torture me with this modified version...
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Tortured Discussion about Torture
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Townhall.com ^
| December 29, 2014 | Bruce Bialosky
There is an argument put forth among some in Los Angeles whenever there is an eruption coming from Gaza of rockets fired into Israel. We love to hear the restraint that certain people suggest to the Israelis about the level of their military reaction to the terror raining down on their civilian
population. We ask these people what would happen if there were random killer rockets landing in Brentwood or Westwood or Malibu. We are certain that limousine liberals would be demanding annihilation of the perpetrators. In the same manner it is easy for those who never have to confront...
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CIA’s tactics were torture, McCain says
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MSN ^
| 14 DEC 14 | Alexander Bolton
Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) on Sunday strongly disputed claims by former Bush administration officials and fellow Republicans that harsh interrogation tactics used by the Central Intelligence Agency did not constitute torture. McCain
said he had “vigorous discussion” with former Vice President Dick Cheney and former Central Intelligence Agency Director Michael Hayden during the Bush administration urging them not to use excruciating methods. “I said these things are torture. They’re in violation of the Geneva Convention and the convention against torture,” he said on CBS’s “Face the Nation,” noting that Congress later banned some of the techniques that were under debate.
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Remember When the Left Was Against Torture?
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Flopping Aces ^
| 07-23-16 | Brother Bob
I really miss the days of slow news cycles when the press would have to look for excuses to bury a story like this instead of somewhat legitimately burying it under the latest terrorist atrocity, whether by Islamists or Black Lives matter. Remember
those innocent days of a decade ago? When stories about US soldiers torturing Iraqi prisoners at Abu Ghraib could warrant Page 1 coverage at The New York Times for 32 straight days?This is, of course, because the Left is naturally against torture. This is because they are better people than the rest of us and need to...
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Bullies could use VR to 'torture' their victims [tr]
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Mailonline ^
| 12 October 2016 | Shivali Best
Bullies could use VR to 'torture' their victims: Experts warn the technology may lead to psychological abuse 'The headset would take up the entire field of vision, while sounds could be used to block out the hearing, creating an eerie and hostile setting.' And
it wouldn't just be a case of taking off the headset if you weren't enjoying it. The expert added: 'You would probably be restrained, so couldn't just take off the headset.'
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The #BlackLivesMatter Torture Film
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American Thinker ^
| January 6, 2017 | Matthew Vadum
According to our leftist betters, a sickening graphic video showing a white man being brutally tortured in Chicago by four black attackers as they shout, "F--- Donald Trump! F--- white people!" isn't evidence of racism or a hate crime. In
the left's alternate universe, Pepe the Donald Trump-loving cartoon frog is racist. Kidnapping, torturing, and scalping an innocent white man because he is white is not racist. Black-hating mass murderer Dylann Storm Roof speaks for all white people, but the newly arrested black perpetrators in Chicago, Jordan Hill, Tesfaye Cooper, Tanishia Covington, and Brittany Covington, are all rogue actors. No...
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U.S. under fire over Senate's report on CIA torture
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Reuters ^
| 12/11 | Bill Trott
The United States on Wednesday faced criticism from the United Nations as well as governments that Washington often reprimands for human rights violations over a Senate report on CIA torture techniques in the wake of the Sept. 11 attacks. Some
U.S. allies, who could face embarrassment or legal liability for any role in the CIA's "enhanced interrogations" during the George W. Bush administration, either condemned the CIA's methods or played down any involvement their governments might have had in them. "The CIA's practice of torture is gruesome," German Justice Minister Heiko Maas told German newspaper Bild. "Nothing justifies such methods....
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Glock19 vs Sig Sauer1911 - Torture Test
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Am Shooting Journal ^
| 3/15/2017 | J Hines
There has been a lot of buzz on the internet lately about the reliability of a 1911 platform as a self defense pistol. For
a quick torture test DRF (DownRange Firearms) Training took a Sig Sauer 1911 and my personal Glock 19, buried them in the dirt, actions open, cleared the dirt and debris from the guns and proceeded to fire the guns testing their reliability. Results The Glock performed flawlessly, the 1911, as expected, failed miserably. Glocks shot off all 15 rounds where the Sig only came up with 2 shots fired. We had fun with this one and...
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SUPPORTING REPRESSION AND TORTURE IN CUBA
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AMERICAN THINKER ^
| Dec 19, 2014 | Fay Voshell
Obama has evidenced a preference for authoritarian regimes. His
preference is why he did not force concessions from Cuba, concessions that would have fostered democratic reforms and given hope to those languishing in Castro’s Stygian domains. He appears to be more interested in sanctioning and weakening Israel, our sole democratic ally in the Middle East, than he is in enforcing the current embargo against Cuba. He seems to be more interested in sitting down at the bargaining table with Iran than he is in strengthening relations with America’s Western allies. The president’s actions have enormous implications.
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UN experts call for prosecution over US torture
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The Richmond Times-Dispatch / The Associated Press ^
| December 10, 2014
GENEVA (AP) — All senior U.S. officials and CIA agents who authorized and carried out torture like waterboarding as part of former President George W. Bush's national security policy must be prosecuted, top U.N. human rights officials said Wednesday. The U.N. high commissioner for human rights, Zeid Raad al-Hussein, said it is
"crystal clear" under international law that the United States, which ratified the U.N. Convention Against Torture in 1994, now has an obligation to ensure accountability.....
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